Austin-Boston Food Swap

This year, for the first time, I was lucky enough to participate in the Austin-Boston Food Blogger Swap (#atxbos), which matches food bloggers from Austin, TX and Boston, MA to swap foodie care packages in the month of October. The only rules? A $30 limit and a passion for local food products!

I swapped with Austin blogger Christy Horton, a pastry and dessert blogger at Epicuriosities.com, last week. Check out the fun stuff she sent me:

• Blanco Valley Farms Candied Jalapenos (life-changing. Seriously).
• Homestead Gristmill Yellow cornmeal
• Fresh pecans
• Confituras Celeste fig lavender marmalade
• Asiago Culinary Crisps from Doctor Kracker
• Lone Star Kettle Corn with Chile-Lime spice
• Gluten-free all-purpose seasoning by Wildly Natural One
• Local Wildflower Honey
• Almond Courage, a live, activated trail mix by New Earth
• Edible Austin (which, by the way, I’m keeping for whenever I travel there)
• The Austin Chronicle, an independent newsweekly

Make sure you check out Christy’s blog, Epicuriosities, and follow her on Twitter @Christy111luv. She sent me her own recipe for Southern Corn Bread, which I’ll definitely be making (and blogging!) soon. I may even take her tip to throw in the candied Jalapenos to keep it Texas style. I hope she enjoys her Boston food package as much as I liked getting her sweet n’ hot Texas goodies!

And here’s what I sent to Texas: Bostonians will recognize Taza Chocolate, Slumbrew’s Porter Square Porter, Pemberton Farms mustard & more.

Thanks to the Boston Food Bloggers and Austin Food Blogger Alliance for putting this swap together. I can’t wait to participate next year 🙂

Did I miss any awesome local products? If you have ideas, leave them in the comments!